The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has published the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (“ASC”) final rule for CY 2021. CMS finalized an annual increase OPPS and ASC rates of 2.4 percent for
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COVID-19 Update: First COVID-19 vaccine approved in UK
On December 2, 2020 the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (“MHRA”) announced approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine. According to a press release from the U.K. government:
This was done using a regulatory process known…
CMS Announces New Acute Hospital Care At Home Program and Additional Flexibility in the Hospitals Without Walls Program
By Russell Kott
On Wednesday, November 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its new Acute Hospital at Home program and additional regulatory flexibility in its Hospitals Without Walls program.
The Acute Hospital Care at Home program is for beneficiaries…
Healthcare Regulatory Landscape Transformed by Stark, AKS Final Rules
In what may prove to be the most substantial fraud and abuse rulemaking in over a decade, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published on…
COVID-19 Update: First EUA for COVID-19 Vaccine Filing Imminent; CDC Urges Americans Not to Travel for Thanksgiving
On Friday November 20, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they would submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) seeking Emergency Use Authorization for their vaccine candidate. Earlier this week, the companies announced that at the completion of…
OSHA Releases Information on its Recent COVID-19 Related Enforcement Activity
On Friday, November 13, the United States Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a news release on its recent enforcement activities for violations that are related to the coronavirus pandemic. More specifically, OSHA stated that it has issued 204…
COVID-19 Update: Progress toward a vaccine candidate
On November 9, Pfizer and its German counterpart BioNTech announced initial clinical results found their coronavirus vaccine candidate to be more than 90 percent effective. Pfizer will wait to seek Emergency Use Authorization (“EUA”) from the US Food and…
COVID-19 Update: CMS Releases Fourth COVID-19 Interim Final Rule with Comment Period
On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), with the Departments of Treasury and Labor, issued a fourth interim final rule (“IFR”) with comment period addressing the public health emergency (“PHE”). The policies in the…
COVID-19 Update: CDC Updates Guidance on Public Transportation and Close Contacts
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) continues to update COVID-19 guidance as more information is known about how the coronavirus spreads. On October 21, 2020, the CDC made a significant update to the definition of “close contact”. Individuals…
COVID-19 Update: HHS Renews COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration
On October 2, 2020, Secretary Azar of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) renewed his public health emergency (“PHE”) declaration because of “the continued consequences” of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This renewal will become effective on October 23, 2020…